Key v. Harlan
Supreme Court of Georgia
. Wills. Administrators and executors. -Before Judge Underwood. Walker Superior Court. February Term, 1874. The question made in this case is sufficiently presented by the above head-note.
1Opinion of the Court
Tjrippe, Judge.
Plaintiff in error relies on the case of Doe ex dem. Dooly vs. Roe and McCurley, 31 Georgia, 593. It was there held that an exemplified copy of a will executed, published, probated, and recorded, as a last will and testament in the state of Maryland, may be a good muniment of title to real estate in Georgia, though the will was not probated or recorded in this state. Upon examination of that pase it will be seen that no ■question arose as to the attestation of the will by the number of witnesses required by the laws of Georgia. The court distinctly says, in the opinion as…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Clark v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1821
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